Mendes
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Mendes, the Greek name of the ancient Egyptian city of Djedet, also known in ancient Egypt as Per-Banebdjedet and Anpet, is known today as Tell El-Ruba.
Tell El-Ruba nowadays
Naos of Amasis II at Tell El-Ruba (ancient Mendes)
Ushabti of pharaoh Hakor, found at Mendes
Banebdjedet
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Banebdjedet also spelled Banebdjed or Banebdjetet is an Ancient Egyptian ram god with a cult centre at Mendes. Khnum was the equivalent god in Upper Egypt. He is most notable for appearing in the myth
Mendes
…when they were repaired by Augustus (Sueton. Aug. 18, 63) Thmuis had attracted its trade and population. The chief deities of Mendes were the ram deity Banebdjedet (lit. Ba of the Lord of Djedet), who was the Ba of Osiris, and his consort, the fish goddess Hatmehit. With their child Har-pa-khered ("Horus the…
A statuette likely depicting Banebdjedet with four ram heads facing in four directions. Faience ceramic, ca 500-200 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art
An amulet depicting Banebdjedet as a ram with four heads, Late Period. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Banebdjedet as a four-headed ram, surmounted by Nekhbet
Prince Mentuherkhepeshef giving offerings to a mummiform-depicted Banebdjedet, KV19, 20th dynasty (ca 1129–1111 BC)